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Carson, Scott Alan

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dc.date.accessioned

2007-07-25

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dc.date.accessioned

2009-07-28T08:14:57Z

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dc.date.available

2009-07-28T08:14:57Z

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dc.date.issued

2007

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dc.identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10419/26020

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dc.description.abstract

The use of height data to measure living standards is now a well-established method in economic history. Moreover, a number of core findings in this literature are widely agreed upon. There are still some populations, places, and times, however, for which anthropometric evidence remains thin. One example is African-Americans in the US Northeast and Middle Atlantic states during the 1800s. Here, a new data is used from the Pennsylvania state prison to track black and white male heights incarcerated between 1829 to 1909. Throughout the century, and controlling for a number of characteristics, Pennsylvania black men in were shorter than white men. The well-known mid-century height decline is confirmed among white men, however, extended to blacks as well.

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dc.language.iso

eng

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dc.publisher

|aCenter for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute (CESifo) |cMunich

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dc.relation.ispartofseries

|aCESifo working paper|x1975

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dc.subject.jel

N31

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dc.subject.jel

J15

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dc.subject.jel

J70

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dc.subject.jel

I12

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dc.subject.jel

I31

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dc.subject.ddc

330

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dc.title

Health during industrialization: evidence from the 19th century Pennsylvania state prison system